Match Report
The table read 7th (Ararat II, 38 pts) against 12th (Mika Yerevan, 28 pts), 10 points apart. The last five rounds placed Ararat II no better than 15th for form, against 7th in the standings. Against a league average of 1.64 goals per team per game, Ararat II ran at 1.43 scored and 1.93 conceded, Mika Yerevan at 1.07 and 2.
Four consecutive defeats weighed on Ararat II. Ararat II had banked 1 of the last 15 points on offer; Mika Yerevan, 7.
The head-to-head ledger counts 5 games: 1 Ararat II win, 1 for Mika Yerevan, 3 draws, at 2.8 goals per meeting. Home advantage has meant little here: 20% of the meetings went to the host. Three-plus goals is the norm here, arriving in 60% of the meetings, and both sides scored in 60%.
The match was played at Kasakhi Marzik (capacity 6,850). Half-time and full-time told different stories: Mika Yerevan led 1-0 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 2-1.
Goal scorers
Ararat II: Gagik Simonyan (55'), Harutyun Asatryan (60') · Mika Yerevan: Muradyan (41')